Following recent Democratic victories by candidates running on “affordability”—President Trump has renewed his focus on lowering prices. Unfortunately, one of President Trump’s affordability initiatives comes straight from the Joe Biden-Lina Khan playbook. On November 7, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Justice to investigate meatpacking and distributing firms for “illicit collusion, price fixing, and price manipulation.” The investigation will be led by Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Gail Slater and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins.
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